If, like me, you were unaware – Pfaffenthal is the name of a quarter in Luxembourg City↑. In the mid 1900s it was home to a Fortress known as the Gilbralter of the North↑, the culmination of 9 centuries of fortification.

As a result of a major kerfuffle known as the Luxembourg Crisis↑, the 1867 Treaty of London decreed that the fortifications had to be torn down.

As part of a major exhibition, the Luxembourg City Museum has commissioned an 8 sim build recreating Pfaffenthal before the dismantling took place.

Their website↑ highlights this component of the full exhibit, and even provides quotes from some of our favourite travel bloggers. Visitors to the Museum can use Occulus Rift to explore the virtual build, but all of us can access it through our viewer.